As part of their modernised bakery range, M&S now sells lime, carrot and courgette cupcakes. Yep, the cupcake batter is made using courgette and honey roast carrots, and they’re topped with a lime cream cheese frosting.

But before you wrinkle your noses, courgettes are a great way to add moistness and texture to your bake.

‘Similar to carrots, courgettes add texture and moisture to sweet cakes and bakes without overpowering the overall flavour of the finished cake,’ says Good Housekeeping’s Cookery Editor, Sophie Austen-Smith.

‘You can also use other root vegetables such as beetroot, parsnips, sweet potato and butternut squash.’

And the unique cupcakes aren’t the only new sweet treats M&S has come up with. Vanilla and blackcurrant cake, banana and blueberry loaf cake, roasted pineapple and coconut cake and chocolate chip loaf cake have all been reimagined using alternative flours such as spelt, rye and quinoa.

Another flavour combination that we can’t wait to try is the brand’s new chocolate and date brownie made using chestnut flour and studded with Sayer dates. Yum!